Death penalties are generally a bad idea, for people and corporations alike. The sufferings that corporations created can linger on for decades or centuries. Without a group of "living" corporations, there will be no redress of grievances discovered only decades or centuries later.

Breaking up of misbehaving corporations makes sense though as long as the reasons such as creating systemic risks and engaging in monopolistic behaviors are necessary to maintain a level playing field for all.

Those people are NOT as silly as you may think because they had probably acquired their properties on the river cheaply. I would not have been in the market for any such properties if I knew that upriver there is 4-methylcyclohexane methanol mass storage so disclosure laws could have been helpful.

The regulators failed in doing their jobs but the people who put them there did not just "win one for the Gipper." They won MANY for the Gipper! Who are we to say that Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! was the wrong choice for the people? Corporations were invented to shield capital owners from "excessive liabilities" to activate capital to provide jobs. Bankruptcy laws were invented in the same vein. These were all blessed indirectly by the people. Perhaps they could have required corporations to post bonds to cover potential damages but pretty much deregulation had won again and again in the last few decades. I can only tip my hat at the Gipper (in admiration) for his "leadership charge" to "America is back!"

What I'm describing, more than a little tongue in cheek, is the libe(R)topian attitude that precedes it, and is still very much in place, as the perpetrator of all the damage, has positioned himself to profit, while the public pays the price of his negligence....

How is "freedom" linked to 4-methylcyclohexane methanol? They are unrelated unless it is the "freedom" to release that chemical massively. Far too many of our people have the wrong idea about freedom. Without a supporting framework, freedom is meaningless.

The Gipper actually said, "Win just one for the Gipper." It was not "Win one, two, three, four, five, six, etc. for three decades!"

Yes. They confuse people by fouling up the language. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act had an acronym that made everyone who opposed it unpatriotic but I still remember a time when anyone who called themselves patriots automatically got put onto the terrorists watch list. It was probably still in force when that act was passed. How prescient of our security agencies watching for potential terrorists!

Anytime our government slaps a euphemistic or noble sounding title on something...or it has the word 'children' in it..Watch Out!..because it usually means they are about to begin a perverse undertaking that is to the detriment of most of us.

Iraq and Afghanistan understand that prescient phrase all too well - "freedom fries" with Operation Iraqi (not coalition's any more) Freedom and Operation Enduring (the longest for the U.S. and still being endured) Freedom. Freedom Industries belong to the Life Row.

Iraq has so many bombings killing so many people nearly daily that they may well have been better off without "Iraqi Freedom" given them at great costs by the U.S.-led coalition. What was truly sad was that Charmander-in-Chief's administration was suppressing intelligence and quashing dissent internally to build nearly unanimous support for war.

I remember going into a diner before the Iraqi War started (when France was in opposition to the war), and ordering french fries from the guy who took my order. He said, you mean Freedom Fries, and I said NO, I mean french fries! He didn't take that too well as he obviously supported the war.

West Virginia loves its "freedoms" in libe(R)topia, as shown by its political records. Is it incidental that the states which pay more attention to the health and education of their residents tend to be better off, even without these "freedoms?"

We probably should not beat up on the additional precautions for pregnant women and children because it is better to know the uncertainties involved and be safe rather than to have the authorities demonstrate the safety of the water by drinking it themselves. I have observed many times before that some people in power would rather keep their mouths shut or swallow the tainted water in public than alarm the people.

We have the U.S. Constitution. Isn't it a kind of charter that has been chipped away piece by piece? Ultimately, I trust the conscientious objectors holding the power to execute in their hands far more than anything on paper or oral promises. Enlightenment can come to the executioners so Grace can come through them.

West Virginia had its incorporation control on the charters but that did not help. The U.S. electorate has done no better in pushing for change than the West Virginians until Edward Snowden's revelations.

The plutocracy owns the Supreme Court of the United States. "Money is speech" came from "Citizens United v. FCC" case whose name is a damned lie. The implication of that decision is "Money is Government" enshrining the plutocracy with a Supreme Court precedent.

There are fifty states whose regulations can differ on corporate charters and corporations can have interstate impacts as the West Virginia polluted water case has shown. There is no getting away from dealing with the federal government sooner or later. It makes sense therefore to deal with it first and foremost.

Snowden is a renegade who has exposed some violations of rights (some are U.S. Constitutional rights and others are universal human rights to which the U.S. is a signatory). The violations were shrouded in secrecy. What one does not have evidence of, one cannot pursue in court or defend against. My point is that ultimately it will be up to the people in key positions who come to their senses or discover their fundamental humanity and morality who will save us, including from corrupted corporate charters.

a governments good will can be measured in its willingness to change. sshwartz is dead, hastings is dead, manning is gone and snowden is forced to hide. At what time do we pull the cord on the whack mole machine and take the change back out?

Ask the people I pledge allegiance to. Ancient Rome had its SPQR. The U.S. has its Covenant, too. There were Gladiators, Christians, and Spartacus so we have our modern equivalents. Who will answer Lady Liberty's call when she puts her bosom in the line of fire and asks all who were suckled by her to follow her into battle?

One would think that Texass would be all for corp(se)oRat death penalties . . . . OH . . . . ummm . . . my bad . . . Texass already supports corp(se)oRATion death penalties . . . funny though - they got it all wrong bassackwards - as they allow criminal corp(se)oRATions to do the killing of the innocent population.

"By the 1870s, nineteen states had amended their state constitutions to give lawmakers the power to “execute” corporations that violate the public’s safety and trust.

The longstanding practice of giving businesses the corporate death penalty only really stopped when President Warren G. Harding was elected president in 1921 with the promise of putting “less government in business and more business in government.”

The quote could have come from any number of our current GOP governors,

Iterations of it have been used in numerous campaigns, over the last few decades.

Coinkydink??? I think not. As these types of quotes/sayings become more numerous as the current system (s) of societies degenerate/rot. The Royalty used to be Kinks and Queenks and Ducks and such and are now "more commonly" referred to as Executive abominations umm abominations . . . damn . . . Officers ( well you get it ).............

That asshole and those like him have absolutely no concept of what work is - not REAL work. He wants to stop hearing about income inequality? Fine - lets make it so that no-one - NO-ONE can make more per hour/year than anyone else - we will then have no income inequality to hear about. Easy Peasy - everyone is restricted to making no more than7.00 an hour - problem solved. YAY

Sure - but if we are gonna go there - why don't we all make a billion an hour? Then everyone can feel extremely well-off - Hey? {:-]) Hhmmm lets see now . . . 24 hours in a day 365 days in a year . . . . 365x24x1 billion and WOW.................

I mean who is gonna bitch about only making a lousy billion bucks an hour? No don't answer that.

Though if an hour was only ever paid by 1 penny at MOST - well - a penny would see extreme growth in worth.

The problem with all of this - IS - and always has been - HELL no-one could feel extra-special about themselves ( that is those who value their self worth as having more than others rather than valuing their individual contribution/abilities ). Damn it would just spoil the fun of so many. I mean what asshole wants to sit down to a fancy dinner and be at a table next to their plumber and his/her spouse? HORRORS OH HORRORS!

I mean what if - besides restricting pay too a minimum/maximum of 1 penny per hour ( or 2,000.00 or a billion ) - what if there was an absolute maximum of only working 8 hours in a day? and those 8 hours could only be worked between a specified 8 hour period starting at say 8:AM and ending at 8:PM and only five days per week and no business ( place of work ) could be in operation for more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours in a week.

Daymn what a different world that would be - Hey?

Now consider no-one ( NO-ONE ) allowed to work no more or less than 8 hours a day for a maximum/minimum of five days a week. Take it further no-one can own more than one business or any interest in another business ( business being restricted to one building in one location).

Hhmmmmmmm would this all require more businesses and facilities and workers to meet demand? Everyone ( EVERYONE ) making the same income in the same number of hours per day per week - no business operating 24 hours per day 7 days per week. HUH.

Imagine - NO-ONE could ever be considered as over qualified - though individuals could still be under qualified - so one would be limited to the type of employment options as to their individual abilities.

Well - there ya go - how about everyone starts the new system at zero? You/We can have y/our catch-up on a hot-dog or hamburger made at home or bought from a business that pays equal " living Wage " to all it's employees. {:-]) We can ALL have our catch-up & mustard too.

Wouldn't THAT be something? So - being a sane and overall a wonderful idea - NO - Nope - It Has No Chance In Hell. Not with the current crop of politicians in office and the lack of public involvement/say in the process.

That's my thinking as well - my bad I got carried away in thinking what would be proper public sentiment - as if I addressed the question you posed - as it was posed - corp(se)oRAT idea of cruel and unusual would be anything that MADE IT operate in a healthy ( to all ) and responsible/accountable manner.